Laurels
Graduate Award at Portland State University in USA, 2015-2016

Laurels
Graduate Award at Portland State University in USA, and applications
are submitted till 1
February, 2015. The
Portland State University is awarding Graduate Award
to academically meritorious graduate degree students in all
fields for 2015-2016 academic year. The awards are available to
admitted graduate degree students at Portland State University and to
students entering a Portland State University graduate degree program
in Fall term 2015. The Laurels Award is $5,000 per year for
master’s students or $7,500 per year for doctoral students. The
award is based primarily on academic merit, with additional
consideration given to financial need and institutional goals for
achieving student diversity. Full details:

School(Institutions/
Country): Portland
State University|
USA

Level:
Awards
are available for pursuing graduate degree program (master
and doctoral) at Portland State University.

Field(s):
Awards
are open in all subjects available at PSU

Deadline:
1
February, 2015.

Funded
By: Portland
State University, USA

Beneficiaries(Target
Groups): Laurels Graduate Award is
targeted for
both US and Non-US citizens.

Benefits(Value/ Inclusions):

‣ Award No: The awards are available to admitted graduate degree students at Portland State University and to students entering a Portland State University graduate degree program in Fall term 2015.

Approximately 35 full
and part-time students were recipients of 2014-2015 awards; the
number of awards will vary from year to year due to state-wide budget
appropriations.

‣
Scholarship
Duration: These
graduate awards are given for one-year, i.e. academic year
2015-2016.

‣
Scholarship
covers: The Graduate Award is $5,000 per year for master’s students or
$7,500 per year for doctoral students, distributed in equal parts
over fall, Winter, and Spring terms. The award is tuition remission
and can only be applied toward instructional fees. If students attend
part-time (fewer than approximately 5 credits per term), based on
individual registration and tuition charges they may not receive the
entire award amount. No part of this remission may be refunded to
students.

Description

‣ The
PSU Laurels Graduate Award was instituted to provide recognition and
financial support to the best and brightest students and to enhance
enrollment diversity.

‣ The
program provides an award to competitively selected, academically
meritorious graduate degree students in all fields.

‣
This
program includes financial need as a consideration for the selection
of some of these awards.

Eligibility

‣ Candidates are eligible to apply for a PSU Laurels Graduate Award if they are admitted to (or have applied for admission to) a graduate degree program starting in fall 2015 with university regular status (i.e., with no university conditions at admission).

‣ The Award is based primarily on academic merit, with additional consideration given to financial need and institutional goals for achieving student diversity.

‣ All students are encouraged to provide a statement explaining their financial situation as part of the application.

‣ Domestic students should also file a 2015-16 Free Application for Federal Student Aid naming PSU as a recipient of application data.

‣ For awards made in recent years, new recipients had a mean cumulative PSU graduate GPA of 3.90 and an overall PSU undergraduate GPA at admission of 3.70.

‣ It is anticipated that similar performance will be necessary for 2015-16 recipients, especially in the merit category.

‣ For continuation, academic performance will be reviewed each term. Recipients must remain in good academic standing and make appropriate progress toward their degrees.

‣ Students enrolled in master’s degree programs may be eligible for renewal for one additional year (two years total) while completing the master’s degree.

‣ Doctoral students may be eligible for two additional years (three years total) while completing the doctoral degree.

Selection Criteria:

‣ The 2015-16 PSU Laurels Graduate Award is based primarily on academic merit, with additional consideration given to financial need and institutional goals for achieving student diversity.

‣ Students are selected on the basis of:

Academic achievement

Financial need

Diverse and unique backgrounds

Specific major and career choices

First generation status

Disabilities -Service to school and community

Leadership skills

Scholarship Application Method

‣ Applicants will access the on-line application for OGS scholarships and awards at the Scholarship Manager website.

‣ (This website has a new URL, so if you have bookmarked it in the past, please create a new bookmark for it.) If you have never created an account, you will need to first create an account by clicking on “First Time User.” Once your account is created, you will click on “Returning User” to access the application form.

‣ Scholarship Application Due Date : The deadline for the on-line PSU Graduate Scholarship Application and letters of recommendation is February 1, 2015.

‣ Application forms and guidelines can be download from the official website

‣ It is important to read the application procedure, and visit the official websites (link found below) for detailed information on how to applyfor this scholarship.